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SomeoneSomewhere1984 t1_jeaw7oo wrote

Reply to comment by Suolucidir in Opinion: AI will only empower the working class in the long term by ImArchBoo

The base knowledge to build androids has been around a long time, we just didn't have the software for them to do anything interesting.

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Suolucidir t1_jebbj1y wrote

Yeah, the stuff that Boston Dynamics does on their completely transparent, public channels was already pretty crazy years ago. I am sure it's MUCH further along behind the scenes too.

When we're particularly talking about worker replacement, the job market, and class power shifts, the two things that I am not so sure are 100% dialed in are:

  1. Reliability, and associated risk, of on-the-job android behavior
  2. Affordability of android hardware

I think these two factors are going to have to be VERY polished for investors and C-suite executives to adopt androids in any meaningful, pervasive way.

I know I would need a LOT of internal testing and risk assessments to be completed before I released just 1 semi(or fully)-autonomous android into my warehouse, among real people and expensive product stock - and that's just 1 android. Doing it in multiple locations or in fleets of 10s or 100s or 1000s would only compound my reluctance.

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